Don't mess with Summer Glau. She has robot minions.
^^^
Ahh, she's cute....
She looked the same in Sarah Conner Chronicles....
As she was in Sarah Conner Chronicles...
^^^
Ahh, she's cute....
She looked the same in Sarah Conner Chronicles....
As she was in Sarah Conner Chronicles...
Huh, musta ignored this thread the first time around. Nothing particularly interesting here, but this entertained me.
This has got to be one of the most completely inane things I've ever seen anyone bother their pretty little head about around these parts.
Maybe you need a day job?
This has got to be one of the most completely inane things I've ever seen anyone bother their pretty little head about around these parts.
Maybe you need a day job?
I too like the old The Cape series, and am not really interested in this one.
I do agree Glau seems to be unlucky, like Moon Bloodgood is the kiss of death to a project. Frankly I don't see what the big deal about Summer Glau is. I recognize here when I see her, but she doesn't do anything spectacular for me-and even if she isn't necessarily typecast in parts, she can't seem to get out of the small television genre supporting recurring parts.
I do agree Glau seems to be unlucky, like Moon Bloodgood is the kiss of death to a project. Frankly I don't see what the big deal about Summer Glau is. I recognize here when I see her, but she doesn't do anything spectacular for me-and even if she isn't necessarily typecast in parts, she can't seem to get out of the small television genre supporting recurring parts.
Now, that's silly. The majority of TV series are short-lived, so any given television actor is likely to be in more than one short-lived series. The only thing that's statistically unusual and worthy of note is if all of an actor's series are successful.
And heck, it used to be that an actor had to appear in a whole bunch of short-lived series before getting an "unlucky" reputation. Or rather, that an actor would have to show a pattern of being added to the casts of long-running, successful shows that then get cancelled soon after the actor's addition, as with the so-called Ted McGinley curse. To date, both Summer Glau and Moon Bloodgood have been regular cast members in only two TV series apiece, with Glau having prominent recurring roles in three others (two of which were moderately long-lived). So it's ridiculously premature to assume a pattern from just two examples. Especially since Glau's second regular gig lasted for one and a half seasons rather than half a season or less like Firefly or Bloodgood's two series. If one were hasty enough to extrapolate any pattern from Glau's two regular gigs to date, the "pattern" would be a sharply upward trend in longevity.
Well, if IMDb's credit listings are accurate, she's gone from 8th billing on Firefly to 3rd on Sarah Connor Chronicles to 2nd on The Cape. She's definitely trending upward. Naturally no actor or actress is going to appeal equally to every single person, but their appeal doesn't have to be universally understood to be effective.
Fair enough. But that doesn't actually change anything in my post.
And I still find it interesting.
Adam Baldwin.
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Thank you Greg. My point is Summer Glau is not a star, A-lister, or about to jump to Oscar winning movies anytime soon. If she does, God Bless her. To me her and Bloodgood simply always end up in the same arena of recurring or genre roles. It's not anything bad, Christopher. You're right in that it's just the way the tv series and acting cookies crumble. They might have fine careers and always be in work. However, do you really expect your utility pitcher to come out and throw a perfect game? Not likely.
I don't like George Clooney either. Some people don't get their due, but others are so overrated it's not funny.
I don't like George Clooney either. Some people don't get their due, but others are so overrated it's not funny.
^And my point is that neither actress's career is really old enough yet for it to be reasonable to toss around terms like "always." Although Glau's on a pretty clear upward trajectory since she first wowed audiences in Firefly. But as for Bloodgood, she's still too new to single out as "unlucky" or "trapped" at some level or any such generalization. It's just strange that you'd be singling her out for such a career-spanning assessment given how little she's actually done to date.
Gee, thanks for posting those trailers, Aragorn! Now I want to see it! 
*sigh* Why can't every show that ever existed be on DVD? (Don't answer that.)
*sigh* Why can't every show that ever existed be on DVD? (Don't answer that.)
And Summer grabs onto the coattails of yet another show...
That is an incredibly strange thing to say. This is what actors do. If one role ends, they seek another. It's called trying to stay employed. If you lost a job, wouldn't you try to find another one?
Indeed. And I hear some writers even try to work on more than one series. Shameless!
You've been mucking around in my brain again, haven't you. I would so totally watch that show if it were airing today. And I can't tell you the number of shows and TV movies I'm secretly BEGGING in my heart of hearts to have on DVD that will likely never again see the light of day.Gee, thanks for posting those trailers, Aragorn! Now I want to see it!
*sigh* Why can't every show that ever existed be on DVD? (Don't answer that.)
I'm still waiting for the day that all the Studios/networks digitize their back catalogs and make them available online as streaming On-Demand content.
We're just not quite there yet...
We're just not quite there yet...
^^ True Christopher. They are knew, but neither has broken out in my opinion either. And agreed there has been chances. I wish The 4400 would have continued, and Journeyman. I have to say that right now I'm not interested in Firefly or Terminator Salvation. Are these gals the only genre hotties in recent years, or are their others? IT seems there always has to be a hottie, doesn't there? And usually that part doesn't give the actress room to show their due, either.
My husband is just getting into Trek, and asked me who 7 of 9 was! I told him 'the girl in the catsuit before T'Pol' ;0)
My husband is just getting into Trek, and asked me who 7 of 9 was! I told him 'the girl in the catsuit before T'Pol' ;0)
I find it hard to comprehend how there can be any valid definition by which Summer Glau hasn't "broken out." She got third billing on her second series, second billing on her third. Regardless of her billing, she was a breakout performer in terms of buzz and attention on Firefly/Serenity and TSCC. Her image was the main one used for promotion of both Serenity and TSCC. Her appearances in The 4400 and Dollhouse generated buzz well beyond their proportionate size. She's an audience and Internet favorite.
You seem to be arguing that an actor's career doesn't really count unless they achieve official star billing. That doesn't make sense. Many acclaimed actors have gone their entire careers as perennial supporting players rather than lead players. Just by numbers alone, that's the way it has to be. And you don't have to be the nominal star of a show to be its most prominent or beloved character. William Shatner was the official star of Star Trek, but Leonard Nimoy got many times as much fan mail and was without question the most famous and iconic cast member of the show. Ron Howard was the nominal star of Happy Days for most of its run, but he was quickly overshadowed by Henry Winkler despite the official billing. Guy Williams was the official star of Lost in Space, but for most of the series' run, he was a background player in the adventures of Dr. Smith, Will, and the Robot.
I'm sure there are plenty. That Megan Fox person gets a ton of hype, though I don't see the appeal myself. And there are others like Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johanssen, Rhona Mitra, etc. If you're speaking specifically of television, there are a number of other beautiful actresses much admired by genre audiences and much in demand, such as Morena Baccarin, Tricia Helfer, and Grace Park. Kristin Kreuk and Kristen Bell were pretty big in TV a few years back and have now moved into movies. Amy Acker has a lot of admirers. Natalie Morales turned heads in The Middleman and has a strong following, and I'm sure the stunning Erica Cerra of Eureka has one too, though neither has really "broken out" yet.
I haven't found that to be true. Summer Glau's characters have hardly been unchallenging or shallow; they've mostly been very distinctive characters that were very challenging for an actor. And Moon Bloodgood's character on Journeyman was definitely substantial. The same could be said for the roles essayed by most of the TV actresses I listed. I think we're well past the time when TV producers or audiences are satisfied with sexy female characters being just sexy and nothing more.
^ I mean broken out as in if she's popular in internet and audience fandom, is that enough these days? Do people have do some sort of outlandish Cruise on Oprah stunt or all the crazy Megan Fox and Lohan or Hilton type stuff to be considered successful by the mainstream media? Of is the mainstream content to have a stock of respectable people pigeonholed hold in the genre cable syndicated vibe? You know how America roles. Here a star can't come 'down' to TV without him needed a boost or career comeback, and if a movie star tries to do a play or stage, it's called a 'stunt'. You know how we don't like people to grow out of these labels we place upon them.
I miss Journeyman. Does it really come down to which face makes the money? So sad if so.
I miss Journeyman. Does it really come down to which face makes the money? So sad if so.
I don't even know what your topic is. You're drawing some very arbitrary lines to delineate what kinds of success "count" and which don't, and thereby setting an essentially unattainable standard, or at least an impractically restrictive one.
Personally, I don't care what "the mainstream media" define as success. What's wrong with being a geek icon? Hell, more fundamentally, what's wrong with having an active career that keeps you gainfully employed and allows you to stretch yourself creatively? I'd call that success no matter how much or little fame you get. I mean, really, we're talking about actors here. By the standards of that profession, having steady employment at all is a very rare thing. If you're working steadily, if either you're on a long-running series or you keep getting new series gigs one after the other, that is something any actor would consider not merely a success, but a blessing.
Personally, I don't care what "the mainstream media" define as success. What's wrong with being a geek icon? Hell, more fundamentally, what's wrong with having an active career that keeps you gainfully employed and allows you to stretch yourself creatively? I'd call that success no matter how much or little fame you get. I mean, really, we're talking about actors here. By the standards of that profession, having steady employment at all is a very rare thing. If you're working steadily, if either you're on a long-running series or you keep getting new series gigs one after the other, that is something any actor would consider not merely a success, but a blessing.
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